Inspiration Board - Simple and Fun summer wedding

Credits: Meg Baisden Photography, Erin Hearts Court, Heather Kincaid, Dia Rao

For me this board epitomizes the type of wedding we want. What could be nicer than a summers day wedding, all of our friends and family together in a beautiful house - BBQ and buffet in the garden… the sweet smell of summer flowers in the air… popping the corks from bottles of sparkling home-made lemonade… lemon drizzle cake on cream plates… children playing hula hoop and ball games on the grass… candles being lit all around as the sun goes down… touches of bright against a creamy white background… DIY touches to be found everywhere… Simple… Fun… Sweet… Beautiful…. ‘Us’… xxx

Wedding Flowers

Credits: Sedona Bride

When we first started looking at planning our wedding my original plan was to go with all white flowers but after a lot of thinking, and digging through the internet and bloggers archives I realized that I just couldn't visualize our wedding being white! 

I crave colour all of the time - my favourites are the bright ones - Red, Orange, Turquoise... And although I could put together lots of weddings that featured solely white colours I soon realized that those boards that I was diligently putting together weren't our wedding, they just weren't 'Us'. So i've scrapped that plan and now have settled on having a rather un-schemed colour scheme (if there is such a thing!) 

We are going to have a mixture of bright, fun, summery colours in arrangements that are loose and handmade. Like most of our wedding we will be DIY-ing the flowers so they will be in simple arrangements, loosely displayed in various glass vases, mason jars, jam jars and other eclectic holders.

Scott likes the idea of putting some flowers in metal buckets or baskets, which I think would look great (just as long as they were done 'right'). Even for my bouquet (which I am going to go for solely white and creamy flowers) will be loose, hand-tied and probably filled with peonies, roses and greenery.

The ideal look for our wedding flowers would be 'wild and rustic' but with a touch of care that shows how much work has gone into making them look gorgeous!

xxx

Nursery Inspiration Board

Credits: Vintage modern nursery (2), Pottery barn (2), I-do Australia (2), google images (4)

As you all know me and Scott are expecting our first baby on January 6th (not long now!) and so I have been thinking lots about how to decorate our little one's nursery.

Im loving the idea of having a modern and fun take on a woodland/bird theme - with tree and bird murals on the wall and lots of cute accessories like the gorgeous owl cushion. By mixing it up a bit with the fun polka dot pattern it will be a more modern version of the theme. This sort of nursery will be quite long lasting too - we won't have to redecorate for quite a few years because its a versatile scheme.

Scott and I are expecting baby to be a girl (although it isn't 100%) so have been looking at a turquoise, white and pale pink colour scheme but this idea could easily be adapted to suit a little boy as well - just with a tweak of the colours :-)

xxx

Homemade Summer Wedding

More Information: image by Martha Stewart weddings, image by martha Stewart weddings

How much am I still loving Style Me Pretty's Style Circle?

This board is another of my attempts at recreating the feel that Scott and I want for our wedding day.

The inspiration for this board came from the amazing Martha Stewart cake (which I have posted on the blog before) and the colours and fun whimsy it provides. Our wedding, if everything goes according to plan and budget (!) will be filled with lots of little homemade touches - particularly where the stationary and decoration of our venue is concerned.

I have fallen in love with the idea of having paper lanterns and tissue paper pom-poms hanging through the trees, interspersed with hanging glass jars holding flickering candles as the sun sets *swoon*

The handmade guestbook is a fun and original idea, a bit more interesting than the average guest book and a lot more fun!

And of course the blackboard at the bottom sums it all up 'Live, Laugh, Love' - it's what every day and every wedding should be about!

xxx

Ice cream and Cakes

How about this for a cute, fun and retro wedding?

This cake and ice-cream board evokes the 1950s - bridesmaids in taffeta prom dresses and the groomsmen in bow ties.

Cakes, cherry pies and lemonade cocktails on the back lawn.

Sorbet colours, pastels and sunshine...

xxx

This was my first attempt at an inspiration board on the style me pretty's new style circle.

My inspiration for this board came from the soft grey's of the bridesmaid dresses and the table linen. Both are so elegant and by combining them with beautiful flowers in bright pinks and yellows means that the day can be classic, elegant and stylish whilst still being fun and showing personality.  The rustic style pies and glass urns filled with cocktails and fruit juices are a must-have for our outdoorsy wedding and I love all the extra little details such as the paper lanterns and the recycled glass jars used as vases.

xxx